Tag: finance
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Mideast, African Hackers Target Gov’ts, Banks, Small Retailers
In the hotly political Middle East, you’d expect hacktivism and disruption of services. But retail attacks? First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/mea-hackers-govts-finance-smb-retailers
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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Jaguar Land Rover Hack the Costliest Ever in the UK
Financial Loss Tied to the Hack Estimated at 1.9B Pounds. The hack of Jaguar Land Rover will likely cost the British economy 1.9 billion pounds, making it the single most expensive cyber incident to have occurred in the United Kingdom. That number could go up if hackers damaged the operational technology controlling assembly lines. First…
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Ransomware gang steals meeting videos, financial secrets from fence wholesaler
Jewett-Cameron Trading said hackers exfiltrated IT information as well as financial data the company has been gathering over the past few weeks in preparation of filing its annual fiscal report with the SEC. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ransomware-gang-steals-meeting-video-fence-manufacturer
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Sharepoint ToolShell attacks targeted orgs across four continents
Hackers believed to be associated with China have leveraged the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) in Microsoft SharePoint in attacks targeting government agencies, universities, telecommunication service providers, and finance organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sharepoint-toolshell-attacks-targeted-orgs-across-four-continents/
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Sharepoint ToolShell attacks targeted orgs across four continents
Hackers believed to be associated with China have leveraged the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) in Microsoft SharePoint in attacks targeting government agencies, universities, telecommunication service providers, and finance organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sharepoint-toolshell-attacks-targeted-orgs-across-four-continents/
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Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware
Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky.The cyber espionage activity was first flagged by the Russian cybersecurity vendor in November 2024, when it disclosed a set of attacks aimed at government entities in Latin America and…
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Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware
Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky.The cyber espionage activity was first flagged by the Russian cybersecurity vendor in November 2024, when it disclosed a set of attacks aimed at government entities in Latin America and…
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Oracle October 2025 Critical Patch Update Addresses 170 CVEs
Oracle addresses 170 CVEs in its final quarterly update of 2025 with 374 patches, including 40 critical updates. Background On October 21, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2025, the fourth and final quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 170 unique CVEs in 374 security updates across 29…
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Why Banks Are Embracing Blockchain They Once Rejected
Blockchain has finally made its way into traditional banking. For years, major banks wrote it off as a… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/why-banks-embrace-blockchain-once-rejected/
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Electronic Warfare Puts Commercial GPS Users on Notice
Interference with the global positioning system (GPS) isn’t just a problem for airlines, but for shipping, trucking, car navigation, agriculture, and even the financial sector. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/electronic-warfare-commercial-gps-users-notice
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‘PassiveNeuron’ Cyber Spies Target Orgs with Custom Malware
A persistent cyber espionage campaign focused on SQL servers is targeting government, industrial and financial sectors across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/-passiveneuron-cyber-spies-target-industrial-financial-orgs
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Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams
Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users from potential scams.To that end, the company said it’s introducing new warnings on WhatsApp when users attempt to share their screen with an unknown contact during a video call so as to prevent them from giving away sensitive information like bank…
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PassiveNeuron Targets High-Profile Servers to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated cyberespionage campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron has emerged from the shadows after months of dormancy, with security researchers uncovering fresh details about its operations and attack methods. The campaign, first detected in June 2024, has resurfaced with renewed vigor, targeting government, financial and industrial organizations across Asia, Africa and Latin America with previously unknown malware…
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Stay Relaxed with Top-Tier Data Security
How Secure Is Your Organization’s Cloud Environment? When it comes to cloud security, do you find peace of mind elusive despite deploying comprehensive strategies? This is a common scenario faced by many high-stakes sectors such as financial services, healthcare, and travel. The solution lies in advancing your understanding of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security……
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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White Label Crypto Bank Solutions: Building Digital Banking for the Blockchain Era
The growing demand for crypto-friendly financial services has accelerated the rise of white-label crypto bank solutions. These ready-made… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/white-label-crypto-bank-solutions-blockchain-era/
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White Label Crypto Bank Solutions: Building Digital Banking for the Blockchain Era
The growing demand for crypto-friendly financial services has accelerated the rise of white-label crypto bank solutions. These ready-made… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/white-label-crypto-bank-solutions-blockchain-era/
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Apple and Google challenged by parents’ rights coalition on youth privacy protections
The Digital Childhood Institute, which filed a complaint with the FTC, is part of a newer crop of online safety groups focused on shaping tech policy around conservative political beliefs. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/digital-childhood-institute-files-ftc-complaint-against-google-online-safety/
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Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws
Tags: access, application-security, apt, authentication, breach, cisa, cisco, citrix, cloud, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, dos, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, jobs, linux, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, penetration-testing, programming, regulation, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-management, router, service, software, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day2024 networking and security device zero-day flaws Product CVE Flaw type CVSS Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and CloudGuard Network Security CVE-2024-24919 Path traversal leading to information disclosure 8.6 (High) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CVE-2024-20359 Arbitrary code execution 6.6 (Medium) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CVE-2024-20353 Denial of service 8.6 (High) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance …
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Winos 4.0 hackers expand to Japan and Malaysia with new malware
Winos 4.0 hackers expand from China, Taiwan to Japan, Malaysia using fake Finance Ministry PDFs to spread HoldingHands RAT malware. Threat actors behind Winos 4.0 (ValleyRAT) have expanded their attacks from China and Taiwan to Japan and Malaysia, using PDFs disguised as documents from the Finance Ministry to deliver malware. Attackers employed another remote access…
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Europol dismantles cybercrime network linked to $5.8M in financial losses
Authorities arrested seven people allegedly involved in the operation and seized 1,200 SIM boxes containing 40,000 active SIM cards. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/europol-dismantles-cybercime-network-sim-boxes-fraud/
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Europol dismantles cybercrime network linked to $5.8M in financial losses
Authorities arrested seven people allegedly involved in the operation and seized 1,200 SIM boxes containing 40,000 active SIM cards. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/europol-dismantles-cybercime-network-sim-boxes-fraud/